FEATURE
T
riple world champion
Lewis Hamilton still sees
himself as hunter rather
than hunted in the Formula
One title race despite victory
in Hungary putting him in the
overall lead for the first time this
season.
The Briton seized the lead
from Mercedes team mate and
title rival Nico Rosberg after an
unprecedented fifth victory at
the Hungaroring on Sunday that
opened up a six-point lead over
the German.
With half the 21-race season
now completed and Germany’s
Hockenheim circuit next up on
Sunday, Hamilton, who has often
spoken of how he thrives in
adversity, still sees himself in hot
pursuit.
“I’m just still in the same
mentality of chasing, I’m still
chasing,” he told reporters.
“(It’s) been great to be
able to come back with fewer
engines, with the struggle that
we had at the beginning of the
year, so I’m very, very proud of
that but conscious that there’s
still a long way to go.”
Hamilton trailed Rosberg by
a massive 43 points after May’s
Spanish Grand Prix following a
spate of reliability problems in
the early part of the season.